Dental microwear analysis for investigating the diet of an argali population (Ovis ammon antiqua) of mid-Pleistocene age, Caune de l'Arago cave, eastern Pyrenees, France

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 193, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 443-455

  Rivals, Florent ^a   Deniaux, Brigitte ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE PERPIGNAN   (France)

Author keywords

Argali; Dental microwear; Hunting season; Paleoclimate; Paleodiet; Pleistocene

Indexed keywords

DENTITION; DIET; HUNTING; MAMMAL; PALEOCLIMATE; PLEISTOCENE;

CAUNE DE L'ARAGO CAVE; FRANCE; PYRENEES;

ANIMALIA; CAPRINAE; OVIS AMMON; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0037403851     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(03)00260-8     Document Type: Article

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